he began a long and relentless campaign to secure his son's release. despite the clear legitimacy of mr. goldman's claim, the case has crawled along in brazil's courts, bouncing back and forth for years. mr. goldman's wife secured a divorce in brazil, began a new relationship with a prominent lawyer and, unfortunately, mr. goldman's former wife died, a fact that mr. goldman learned only sometime later because the family had concealed that from the brazilian courts. after my intercession and that of mr. smith and with the help of the state department, brazilian authorities moved to have the case once again sent to brazil's federal courts to secure visitation rights for mr. goldman. that effort was successful. david goldman was able to see his son for the first time in nearly five years earlier this year. now, just this month the brazilian federal court in rio ordered seine -- sean returned to mr. goldman. but amazingly a brazilian political party filed a motion with the brazilian supreme court asserting that brazil's exsession to the hague convention wa

he's my son-in-law for heaven's sakes. there was an incident -- it was on a christmas eve and it was about a year -- in the first year of rod blagojevich's first term. and family christmas party. and suddenly there's a nephew of margin mel, dick mel's wife, who's talking about a landfill that he is opening and he apparently is saying, you know, i'm not having any trouble getting this landfill done because, you know, rod's governor and i'm dick mel, i'm not having any trouble. well, rod heard this and was just livid, instead of saying to him, listen, lay off, we've got to do things correctly, he went to the illinois epa and had them shut down the landfill. well, this really -- this was the last straw for dick mel in this continuing relationship had been deteriorating all along. and he just went ballistic. and i remembered the press conference where i was and he -- he initially talked to fran spielman a "chicago sun-times" reporter who got him late at night and when he was the angriest and she had a terrific story and basica

and he announced in 1991 that he was the son of god. and this had never happened before, so it became a... c-span: where -- where did he announce this? >> guest: oh, on the terry wogan chat show on the bbc. c-span: just one day said, "i am the son of god." >> guest: yeah. and in britain, this was a big splash. it's kind of like geraldo suddenly announcing he's the son of god. it would become a big deal. c-span: do you know anything we don't know? is it -- is that an announcement coming? (laughter) >> guest: i'm not sure! but david icke said, "not only am i the son of god, but the world is about to be destroyed by cataclysmic earthquakes and tidal waves and floods." and what i thought was interesting back in the '90s is that, ok, we were amazed and laughing. but a little bit of us thought, "maybe he is the son of god. maybe he's right." so he went on this chat show, and the whole nation watched and -- and he made these predictions and said that he was the son of god. and the audience was laughing nervously. and i think the nation kind of

perhaps it was coming up in the son of immigrants. raised on the northwest side and at northwestern he felt himself as an outsider. he felt as somebody who had to run against the status quo. i think that was part of basically who he was. and he really -- then found consultants who agreed with him. and who took that portion of who rod blagojevich actually was and turned it into what they thought would be a national winning strategy on a national campaign. you're right. he's such a puzzling character because he just seems to be such a dichotomy. at one point there's this man who is gifted politically. can give a terrific speech. can -- >> works a room. >> works a room like nobody's business but on the other hand, he absolutely did not build a single strong political relationship in illinois. he was at war with the legislature from the very moment -- even before he was elected. and he liked that. he liked to set up, you know, straw men as the problem and he was going to come in and conquer the problem and emerge the  victor. that's how

, he made a special place for my son to go. this government took my son because it didn't have the courage to pass health care that would cover my son when he lost his job and i think when you take a look at where we are today, if mr. castonguay or whatever says it's in crisis i would like him to come and take a look at this system. ceos of that insurance company making $200,000 a day. you have insurance companies giving people a letter in one hand that approves a surgery. the person goes in, has the surgery then get a denial paper after they get home from the hospital, from the same wonderful benevolent insurance company. now i am a card-carrying capitalist but i believe infil single-payer system if this system isn't broken that i don't know what the definition of broken is. and i will tell you i am a fundamental belief for health care i think was mentioned before by the chairman is not a flight. it is a right but it is not a privilege in this nation that everybody ought to have it. we don't pay doctors, i went to my district,

this is the letter that he wrote to his son. dear andy, let me start by telling you how proud your mother and i are of you in your choice to serve this conterrorism the profession of arms is not an easy job. it's not 9 to 5. you won't often get a choice to do what you want when, you want to do something, or voice your opinions. you took an oath to support the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic and bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that means a lot in my mind it means whatever your personal feelings are, you may have to put them aside because you don't get to decide who you are going to protect. you protect the rights of all. a war of 1812 naval hero once toasted the country with this. my country right or wrong, first my contry. that statement was often quoted out of context by my generation at the end years of the vietnam war. in light of your oath its true meaning is revealed. always remember your loyalties are to the principles upon which this country was established. your duty

not only by losing office, but his son, his second son had just died. his son died the day -- he learned that his son died the same day that he learned that jefferson won the presidency. he was not a happy camper that day so he didn't stick around. other questions?

not only by losing office but his son, his second son had just died, and his son died that day. he learned that his son died the same day that he learned that jefferson won the presidency. he was not a happy camper that day, so he didn't stick around. are there other questions? well, thank you very much for coming and hearing about abigail incheon. [applause] >> edith gelles is the author several books, including "abigail adams: a writing life." she is currently a senior scholar at stanford university's michelle r. climate's institute for gender research. for more information visit stanford.edu/group/a gender.

there's the b on the write and his son steven. it's time for a coffee break. quite. ♪ when i need a tasty treat ♪ ♪ a pick me up that lifts me off my feet ♪ ♪ i know what can cool us off! ♪ ♪ coffee toffee twisted frosty ♪ ♪ coffee toffee ♪ twisted frosty ♪ oh, baby, do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ let me break it down. ♪ hand spun with real coffee, girl ♪ ♪ just like you like it! ♪ do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ it's waaaay better than fast food. it's wendy's. frosty! >>> look at fans, they are really taking care of those adam jones bobbleheads on the big night here at camden yards. the finale of this series is tomorrow night at 7:00, then the orioles head out on the road, three game series in philadelphia, that game's on friday and saturday, day game on sunday, then it's off to miami and a three-game interleague series against the florida marlins. there we are, in the bullpen picnic area just above the bullpen, as the orioles and mets get set to play game two of this three game series. what a night here at the ballpark. we have al bunbury, and his

have three sons but my middle son, malik, is a middle school math and science teacher and whenever the talks to his two professor parents and his writer brother and his law student brother he says, would you people please be quiet, some of us have a real job, and i accept that. it's a real job teaching middle school math and signs. last semester i taught four courses. i taught a course in narrative research which i teach every spring. i taught a required course in the masters program called improving learning environments. i taught a seminar in teaching for a cohort of people who were career-changers and i taught a course in writing memoir to 17-year-olds. >> host: wow. >> guest: 17-year-old writing a memoir. let me tell you. how much have they cnn done? more than you imagine because it's all here. >> host: we have two hours left in the program with bill ayers here, we are live at the chicago tribune's printers literaryfest, and we're at the corner of south state street and congress, bat block from where the festival is taking place. this where is the author events take place in the un

this day my 40-year-old son is attorney in state of delaware and my 29-year-old son and my daughter. and if captain biden walked in the door today, the first thing he would do is give me a kiss. i mean it. and the point is that it gives me more joy. and it gives every father in this room more joy than any other thing that happens in your life. mr. president, you are a great president and dad, and you are really good to be doing this. it's a big deal. >> all right, thank you. [applause] anybody back here want to comment on some of the things they heard or saw. go ahead. >> i would like to ask you a question. at one point you had decided you want to run for president, with two young daughters. can you share how you had to wrestle that decision. >> it's a great question, and i think i have said this before, the threshold question i had to ask in conjunction with michelle. because this was a joint decision, was could our family handle it. and frankly if it hadn't been for michelle's extraordinary strength and commitment, i would not have done it or could not have done it. and she was abl

fact number tworay hunt, the son of the invidious h.l. hunt, the bigamist and oil autocrat has begun production in mosul. the third thing, now we have gotten our government in iraq to open outside contracts outside of the country at extremely favorable rates for u.s. firms and others. this was for oil. that makes it a criminal offense in my view and in view of many, many others. this is no more than theft and murder. it is about time that we leave. host: here is a related peace and side "the new york times," -- s iraq symbolizes china's eyes its oilfields. the chinese of companies are expected to bid for the rights to develop their oil fields and options that are set to start on tuesday. iraq has the world's third largest proven reserves after saudi arabia and iran. many geologists said the troop resources of iraq for even greater because the oil industry has suffered from decades of destruction and under- investment. many fields have not been fully explored as a result. john is on the phone from seattle. good morning. caller: good mornin

i have a son who's 21 and a son who's 20. and then my daughter's 16. i would say that greatest calling for a woman who becomes a mother is to put everything she can into those precious lives that were placed into her arms. and that's the greatest calling of dads, too. and we have a tremendous responsibility to shape the character every single day and to make it our focus. my books are all about that, are about that commitment every day. i want my kids to know i love them enough to dare to challenge the status quo every single day. and to dare to build into them very purposefully those character qualities. but let me just quickly say, too, i know that it's very painful in our nation that for every 100 babies that are born in this country, 60 are born to a broken family. see, in 1950 for every 100 babies that were born in this country, 12 were born to a broken family. that is to a family either out of wedlock or to a family that would soon suffer divorce. now that number is 60. and perhaps that's a pain that you deal with in your life. well, one of the g

but then when my son went to iraq and afghanistan i had the same feelings. i just want to extend my gratitude to all those veterans. thanks. host: thanks for your call, david. john? guest: i would like to extend my gratitude to you as well and to your family. one thing, as you spoke that struck me, i have seen so many letters home from world war ii soldiers mentioning their young sons and saying i'm fighting now so that my sons won't have to ever have to do this again. then when i read that, i'm always struck by a real sense of sadness because as an historian i know how things are going to turn out and how it turned out is by the 1960's the united states was involved in the vietnam war. so, many sons of world war ii veterans like yourself went off to war and that is the way so many fathers felt. they wished they could have done it so their kids wouldn't have to deal with it. i'm sure you can relate to that much better than anyone can imagine with your own son going to iraq. as a military historian, what strikes me is the tragic continuum of how wars seem to

he is essentially another son. and our daughter could not be with us today. she is i am sure, doing well on her final exams. thank you for this opportunity to introduce our family. distinguished members, it is my privilege to appear before you today. i am honored and humbled to be nominated by the president and secretary of defense for this important role, and the opportunity to serve with the men and women who voluntarily serve this nation. i spent three years and high school in columbia, graduating in 1971. during this time, i gained a lifelong appreciation and affection for latin america. i visited several countries in the region. if confirmed, i relish the opportunity to return to the wonderful land of my childhood. i haven't spent much time in latin america during my career, but i will spend all my time and energy enhancing my role the southern command plays with the armed forces in the region and continue admiral stavridis. as i have looked more closely at the southern command, i am impressed by what southern command has accomplished by his foresight an

several lost their wives or sons or entire families. one member lost all 13 of his children. two wives were drought alley treated and all at one time were victims of manhunts or driven from their homes. 12 signers had their homes completely burned. 17 lost everything they owned, not one defected or went back on their pledged word. their honor and the nation they created is still in tact. they pledged to themselves, their lives and fortunes and sacred honor and did not go back on their word. abraham clark gave two sons in the officer corps in the revolutionary army but they were captured and sent to the prison ship in new york hash oish known as hell ship jersey where thousands of americans who had been captured were going to die. they were treated with special brutality because of their father. the british told clark to come out in favor of the king and the sons' lives would be spared. abraham clark in his answer replied no. francis lewis was a new york delegate and saw his home plundered completely destroyed by the british. his wife was captured and treated with great brutal

i have a teenage son what we are working to guide and i have a son that has autism, and i have a young daughter who has made it clear who is in charge, that would be her. i am pleased to be here with five wonderful men, everyday guys doing things in their families and communities. i will introduce them, the goal of all of this is to highlight what works. what are dads, families and communities doing to address the problem of absent fathers and strengthen our country. we want to hear from you too. what are you and your organizations doing on this issue and how can we learn from your work. i would like to introduce chief quarter master, john lennon. john, is a military dad who is balancing life and service to our nation, with service to his family. we would love to hear from you. >> thank you, i want to thank the national fatherhood initiative, they put me on the podium for this one. i have four beautiful children at home, and you can imagine how difficult it is for a military parent to take care of the family. and my advice is to keep in contact with them any way you can. i have worked

>> adam done was coached b his dad, and now he cherishes every minute he gets to spend with his son, brady. i asked him earlier what father's day moans to him. >> father's day is about my father, and i look at it as kind of reflecting what my father did for me. he's obviously been the best, and he's been there for me through the good and bad. >> really proud of his son, bob. >> yeah think of anything prouder than seeing your son make it to the major leagues. >> and have success. there's adam and brady. >>. >> we're told that that ball was hit onto potomac avenue. >> he takes it up and in, so he's another candidate to get on base. the nationals have had their leadoff man on three of the last five innings. the rbi man is next. he did the right thing by not tossing the bat just yet. see buckner. there's been very little debate about his strike zone út%%- willie strikes out. >>> things a little quiet here. nats have one hit since the third inning. they got two in the 6th last time, first time in ages they scored in the second half of the ball game. josh bard levels off and singles.

, and the second son was born december 31st! [laughter]. >> almost. >> couldn't just wait a few hours more! >> oh, boy, i can imagine, can imagine, and being a young person... and being a young person and having that kind of responsibility, you also talk about that you saw your friends going off to college, and you having, beginning to bring forth a family and that was tough for you to see. >> yes, it was, because you know, some of my very good friends had gone off and i was having children and you know, a housewife, a farmer, because we lived sometimes away from the capital city working at booker washington institute, on a farm nearby there and would come and visit and i would be so, you know, embarrassed sometimes, felt so sorry for myself, there i was. but then again, that perhaps also gave me a great motivation, because, i knew at some point i had to make up and catch up. i couldn't stay in this condition, and that also, you know, strengthened and inspired me to say, well, you know, when this first opportunity comes i'm goin

sergeant jordan leaves behind his wife laci lambert jordan, his son, taylor jordan. his parents mary lou and his brothers, robert and j.r., a sister, candace and his grandparents, mr. and mrs. white and mrs. thomason and ingraham and a great grandmother as well as aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and in-laws. tomorrow, i will join this group of sergeant jordan's family at his funeral to honor the life of this brave sold year. mr. speaker, my prayers go out to his family and my deepest gratitude goes out to sergeant jordan for his selfless sacrifice, yes, for our nation. i ask all members, please join me in honoring the distinguished memory of sergeant jeffrey w. jordan. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. goodlatte. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. goodlatte: permission to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker as we speaker here on the floor of the house right now, the house agriculture committ

my son enlisted in the military. he is going into the army and he was in basic training july 7, and he is very proud to serve his country. something he has won a to do since he was very little beard always loved the military. i don't think that people realize the sacrifice that these people make. maybe some part of them realize what they are doing, but as his mother, i worry 24/7 and i will worry and pray every second day that everything goes well for him and every other woman and man over there fighting for this country, for the basic freedoms that the constitution provides. that we have been trying to spread for the world. it is all about in a democracy. for i appreciate you coming on and, you know, giving a -- to our troops and backing them up and making people realize that you are right, when everything is going well people seem to put it in the sidelines and it is when things get bad that people are upset. supporters choose no matter what is going on. host: do you have it, or feedback for that caller? guest: a w

you can look at that in 2 ways, did franklin hate his son that much or did franklin think that his son had a better chance of getting restitution if it came from england? it didn't go into the peace settlement. there was political pressure in england to provide restitution. after the war, everybody who was a loyalist had to provide evidence of what they had possessed, how much property they own, what they're in, had been when they became a loyalists. it was a great deal of information, all of that was written out, they had to make 5 copies of what they rode out and they submitted that. from all of that evidence, historians have been able to have a pretty good idea of how many tories there actually were. among those who were active during the revolution, probably 20% were tories. i didn't mention when i was talking about civilians, perhaps i should have, in our civil war, <1/2%, an infinitesimal fraction of southerners went into exile following the civil war, but 5% of the free population in america at the time of the revolutionary war went into exile following this war, perhaps even a

this is my son's, one of my sons' plays that was at julliard. he's a play wright, and so i have -- >> what's his name? >> his name is zade. here's a very powerful quote from may 1967 and so on. and so the wall grows, and then at some point somebody complains, and then the dean sends me a note and says this wall doesn't belong to me, the door belongs to me. but the wall belongs to the -- is part of the public square, and therefore, i have to take everything down. so then i take everything down, and then it starts over. and then the door similarly. you know, i'm an education professor, so i have to have the chalkboard with, i must remember to be cheerful and obedient written over and over. >> i notice a picture of you here. >> i was in the merchant marines in 1964. i had dropped out of michigan, and i joined the merchant marines. that's my identity card. yeah, these are my three kids, now all grown. he's a teacher in oakland, california, now but that's him at about 8 years old, and he's now a playright and a teacher at columbia university. he's an

so i understand when your son is at the point of college and looking at computer science that he may or may not have had the opportunity to take the kind of mathematics that some other countries are requiring now. and he's in high school. in sixth and seventh grade students need to see the complete pathway, if you take this now what you need to take in high school and what you need to take in college to be a computer skinettist. i would hope that we would get the message to your son and to others that these growing fields all across the country requiring this kind of education, there are many openings. american students need to also contribute to bringing jobs back here to our country through math and science education. and we would like to excite them that they can do it, they should do it, and that we need them to do it. host: is there a creative way to do it? is there a way to communicate that maybe isn't being done in schools currently? guest: i think it isn't being done currently anywhere near enough, my newt compared to what we need to do. one way is through project based learn

david goldman of new jersey whose son sean was kidnapped by his wife in 2004. this case is largely -- has largely languished in brazil's courts in that time despite the fact that brazil is a partner with the united states in the convention's enforcement. the legal process only moved in periods of intense media attention on mr. goldman's behalf. changes in u.s. law and convention appear to be warranted to ensure that children can be convictly returned to their left behind parents and their homes. this report will help us identify legal changes congress can consider on behalf of the over 1,000 american children who are currently living in other countries as a result of a parental abduction. mr. speaker, this amendment is an important step in addressing a problem that will likely get worse in coming years in light of the growing number of transnational births and marriages. we must continue to use the legal tools at our disposal to prevent or resolve these childhood abduction cases. i support the gentleman from new jersey's amendment and yield back the balance of

and he said imagine what these young sons of farmers and the young sons of factory workers must have felt in a situation like that when they were just 20 years old. and he talked about the broad expanse of the beaches. and he said at that time it was impossible to walk the beach and to feel the sand under your feet because there were so many dead bodies on that beach. >> thank you for your interpretation, your translation from french president sarkozy. we appreciate it. from www.d-day museum.co.you can k, some of the information regarding d day by the numbers, the allies landed with about 156,000 troops in normandy. the american forces landed, numbered about 73,000, 23,000 250 on utah beach. 34,000 250 on omaha beach and over 1500 air borne troops. 21,400 britance landed on juneo beach. and 7900 british air borne troops came in from the skies. back to the phones. oakland, california. go ahead. caller: good morning. every time i watch your program on d-day, i never hear anything about the participation of africa or our ex-clone yl powers. oim from west africa. we have the second, the

it is a change. >> of course you have your son, brady on your lap. and you are expecting another one. congratulations. now, tell us a little bit about adam as a dad. is he strict or is he easy going? >> he is a very fun dad. he always wants brady to mind but they have a ball together. it is fun to see them both grow and change and brady's just now at the age where he loves his daddy and he misses him when he is gone. it is both good and bad. >> adam played football before you met him in college before he went to college excuse me. have you ever thought about what it would have been like if he had been in the nfl instead of major league baseball? >> i think the lifestyle would be pretty similar. we definitely had that conversation before. football was a big part of adam's life. but baseball it looks like this is where he was supposed to be. we are very grateful he has had the opportunity to play. >> one of the favorite things we get to do is show the baby pictures of adam. how much fun is that for you to look at the baby pictures and he looks like his

when in jim said directly to us, shell is responsible for my son's death. and as we sat there listening to the father of a son and his grandson, and was sitting next to judas brown, our guest for the hour. judith brown chomsky was one of the leading attorneys in this case that led to this landmark settlement. when i asked noam chomsky tonight how you like to be introduced, he said tom i'm the brother and lot of judith brown chomsky. [laughter] [applause] judith is married in to the younger brother of noam, david. noam was born december 7th, 1928 in philadelphia. by the age of 10 he was writing an extended essay against fascism and about the spanish civil war. [applause] don't be discouraged. at 14 he was getting his education in the back of the 72nd street subway station in new york. you go out the front, that is where you go by newspapers in the stand where people would rush by and go, but it was the back less populated stand with the stragglers would be, where his uncle ran at that newspaper stand and they would sit and debate and discuss politics. that i

some of it is personal this is one of my sons play said juilliard he is a playwright. then what happens is the wall grows with martin luther king with a powerful quote from me, 1967, as the wall grows at some point* somebody complains the then said dean says the wall does not belong to meet the door does put the ball is the public square then i have to take everything down so i take everything down and it starts over. i am the education professor so i have to have the chalkboard i must remember to be cheerful and obedient rich and over and over. >> i was in the merchant marines 1964. i dropped out of michigan and chose the merger remains that is my identity card. >> these are my three kids who are now all grown at a teacher in oakland california now, fed is him at eight years old he is now a playwright and a teacher at columbia university and he is an author and first-year law student at yale. >> this is my play right to son and his wife and she is a novelist. and a poet. >> it is crowded because i have been here 20 years. these are my three kids. that is our place in

we go to a place called the wild bay son a lot. my parents were high school teachers. we had a trailer and used to go around the country and camp. i am like t.r. for my love of animals. we just had a kid of ra queues born under my daughter's bedroom. i like to have wild life around me.

we meaning indian industry and we meaning the tata sons specifically.s an american, i can sympathize with any sentiment that seeks to create american jobs, but as an internationalist i also believe that such protectionist policies cannot be isolated and will eventually engender other limitations on trade around the world. earlier i mentioned a few elements of an international multilateral agenda that i think president obama intends to use to bring indian to a global solution to global challenges. and i do believe that that's the right way to go and that india and the united states should make a priority. the cleaning away of the bilateral issue that still be doubled the relationship. and if the close bilateral partnership is really going to be considered a given, which was the word that i used earlier, then there really has to be some give in on both sides. earlier i mentioned some areas of the bilateral relationship that still needs some work, and i feel optimistic about progress under president obama. defense trade is one of the. i know that was the s

i have a son that -- yes, i'm here. host: go ahead. caller: i have a son that smokes. ok. i have a son that smokes and my one concern are the chemicals that are in the cigarettes. there is the amoania that gets the nicotine to the brain quicker. there is a lot of cars jens in these cigarettes i think need to be taken out. that's the problem. i don't think so much the nicotine which is addictive, but it is the carson jens that are in it. there are like 200 in these cigarettes. another thing. as far as the tax money goes, i think a very good idea would be to put that tax money to free smoking sensation claffs. -- cessation classes. you want to educate people. you want them to quit smoking. classes are important. people need support groups that are free. if you really want people to stop smoking, this is the way to do it. and take out all those chemicals. guest: she raises some interesting points that we've talked about a little bit already in terms of the adtives and other things that are in products. we'll see what the f.d.a. does in terms of what they'll let be in the prod

. >> what about robert redford at the end of the natural when he finds out that glenn close's son is really his son, and then he's out in the cornfield and they're playing catch. >> that's a good one, a tearjerker. >> i see another side of you nearly every day of the week. aaron hill zero for two. marco scutaro, by the way, marco being marco, on base for the third time today. he had been on base only twice in 11 plate appearances friday and saturday. that's playable for nick johnson. you're all right, they're saying from the dugout. t shirt tuesday, come on out. first 10,000 fans get the patriotic curly wt shirt presented by hard times cafe, limited seating available. tickets dwindling quickly. grandstand seating available day of game only. that's at 4:35 right out by the team store in left field. 202-675-nats. if you want to come thursday, you better hurry. we understand that's the closest of the three of being sold out. john smoltz on thursday. as i mentioned a few minutes ago, it gets going with john lannan coming off one of the best games of his career. the bullpen is busy now. h

it's wonderful to see that tie on your son out there. very impressive young man. he seems to have disappeared. >> he's still preparing. >> thank very much, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator johan. >> thank you very much. >> i can't be here long today because of other commitments, but i did want to stop by and offer you a few thoughts. first of all, we haven't had an opportunity really to meet or to talk at any length, so i look forward to that opportunity. i have to tell you, looking at your background, your resume. you've prepared yourself well for what you're about to get yourself into. it's a huge with a huge responsibility. secondly, it occurs to me i don't know who would be qualified. so i really wish you the very, very best and look forward to working with you on a whole range of issues. so many good things have been mentioned and i don't want to repeat them, other than to indica indicate, yes, of course, for me, issued like broadband, broadband in rural areas, sparsely populated areas would, of course, be important. much of nebraska is that wa maybe somet

but by the time we had our second son it was clear to me that we were alone, our organization was overthere was no reason to continue this except my own stubborn desire not to turn myself in. but when we did, contact the authorities, the federal charges had all been dropped due to fbi misconduct. so -- well, they told us that at the time we turned ourselves in but the fib misconduct was the whole period of the 70s. so kind of interesting timing. on december 4, 1980, re turned ourselves in and the only charges remaining against me were demonstration charges from 1969. and so they were -- the way you get in a demonstration where you get arrested and get tree charges usually, right, resisting arrest, disturbing the peace and what's the other one? action. and so they ended enu up being miss dem minors. i went to prison the year after that for refusing to cooperate with a federal grand jury. >> that was seven months? >> guest: that was seven months. >> host: seem as long as the 11 years? >> guest: seemed much longer. i was terrible because we had three young children. i went involved in the

host: he is the son of the assassinated -- guest: yes. he's the son.had been supported by not only a large lebanese population, particularly among the muslims, but also by a number of arab countries, especially saudi arabia. host: just as a side note, has anyone about charged with that? any new update on who was responsible? guest: there's been an international -- there's been an international tribunal that is investigating -- commission that is investigating the assassination. there have been rumors. initially there were rumor that syria had a hand, that hezbollah has a hand. but there are no formal charges. there is a lot of information hee and there. but up to now there are no formal charges. think one shouldn't speculate too much until we know what the facts are. host: our last call from anwar. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing, sir? guest: good morning. caller: i have a question about the refugees in israel, tel aviv, egypt, across the border, sued yap, darfur and being denied by the u.s. immigration services as people come to

and then my dad's side of the family, my grand ma she had three sons in the war, including my dad. he never talked about the war. he did always give accolades to general paten. and he obviously never also spoke about a mental breakdown that he had that would only be years later that he ever -- he still never talked about it. my other uncle that was in close prompt -- prompt -- proximity to him, he said my dad was in a hospital after he had seen his buddy's head blown off. but ni dad was also in the pacific. he was in europe. he was on communications lines right after the -- they had bombed -- you know, the bombings on japan. and he was stringing the lines on that for communications. retie communications. host: thanks for your call. john, how common was it for troops who had been stationed in europe to, once the war was starting to wind down in europe, for them to be reassigned to the pacific? guest: not very common. because the war in europe ends in may of 1945, the war in the pacific ends three months later. some were preparing to redeploy, a few did redeploy. but not very common

the nationals have a very, very family oriented organization, and a lot of times we see the sons and daughters of the players in the clubhouse, on the field. we'd got to spend private time with them. through the eyes of our photographer. >> it's just a good experience for everybody. >> he's going to have that camera on you, look. hold your bat and hit it that way, okay. show them how you can hit it. run, run! come back and slide into home. hit the ball. there you go! that one boy. there he goes. >> just being able to spend some time with him and seeing him enjoy himself in the batting cage down there when we play baseball is special. >> i hope that they got a chance to see the youngsters, because i think willingham who's two and brady dunn who's two and a half might have a future. let's keep dad in the game, prostate awareness day, and the players will be wearing blue bracelets like this, wristbands, and also blue pins on their jerseys to remember that prostate cancer is a very deadly disease and there's a home run challenge going on. it was this past week through today. every home r

our country has lost a great soldier and an even better son. all of us in north alabama are deeply saddened by jeffrey's loss. on behalf of the entire community in the tennessee valley and across alabama and the nation, i rise today to join huntsville mayor tommy battle, united states army and the family of jeffrey hall in honoring his service, memory and life. thank you, mr. speaker. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gingrey: the government-run health care plan my democratic colleagues are pushing will lead to health care rationing and ultimately months of wait time for patients seeking treatment. today i want to read a testimony from a canadian citizen who has experienced firsthand the ill effects of their government-run health care. when i came to a major hospital in downtown toronto with appendicitis, hi to wait overnight until the doctor saw me, but they did not have a cat-scan machine available and sent m

i have a son who is 21, who is 20, and my daughter is 16. my greatest calling, for a woman who becomes a mother, is to put everything she can into this precious lives that were placed into her arms. that is the greatest calling of dads, too. with a tremendous response ability to shape the character every single day and to make our focus. my books are all about that commitment, every day. i want my kids to know that i know -- that i love them enough to challenge the status quo every day. i built into them very purposely those character qualities. let me just quickly say, too, that i know it is very painful but in our nation that for every 100 babies that are born, 60 are born into a broken family. in 1950, for every baby -- for everyone did -- for every 100 babies that were born, only six were born into a broken family. now that number is 60. now, perhaps that is a thing you deal with in your life. when a degree collings in our lives is to learn from our pain and overcome that and about that we do not repeat what caused the pain to west. each

he sold a cognac and actually sold spinnaker and her able to float but smirnov's sons were not smirnov, they inherited the business and never having issues of their own. they had grown a. privilege and was nothing they didn't get. they have wonderful educations and are exposed to all the financing some live. the kind of like it that way his oldest son was the most like himself and you predominately lead to business until his death in 1910 but the other brothers had issues. one of alcoholism all his life and was never really interested in the business. another brother was much more interested in theater and horse racing and sold his rights in the business. another was kind of a rebel and he actually did the unthinkable. he invested a million dollars and a liberal leaning newspaper that had a jew foreign editors of that was a real bad thing to do. so of the suns really struggled and, of course, the russian revolution happened. everything in russia was nationalized, all private businesses were nationalized and the smirnov suffered like a lot of people did at the time. losing really everyt

is your son home?here's technology on that end, too, but lead to that crazy -- >> i remember when to the secret service to sort of learn more about it and seeing some of the bad ones, just numbers of center and they had a couple examples they would laugh where the president's face is on both sides. >> or your he rose or something. so, these crony things, but it is going to fade out where there is like art, the master at what he does. >> i think if the knowledge isn't passed on there's certainly the chance we won't see any more. there's always calling to be someone that is going to want to do this and it might be decades between counterfeiters but this is a old tradition in the united states. you know, ever since as long as we have had currency and claims there of been counterfeiters. i know at one point after the civil war some people say as much as one-third or half the currency was counterfeit so this is a theme and they did in history and will always come back. the next version will contain these li

host: mark son the phone for new york city -- is on the phone for new york city. caller: good morning. i wonder if you think that it's a little bit insane that these two reporters who were, you know, it seems were clearly put them sflelfs a position to be -- themselves in a position to be taken by the north koreans illicit a response from, you know, not only the families but the secretary of state. aren't we in a difficult enough position with north korea that we shouldn't allow, you know, these two individuals to become a part of the equation? guest: well, i think you raise a very good point. what were they doing there? there's a lot of danger. on the other hand, a lot of people whether they're relief workers or humanitarian workers, risk the lives and livelihood to help north koreans get free through china and so forth. they don't do it under the auspice of the u.s. government. they do it on their own. and now we're faced with the situation where we have two american citizens being held in a very ruthless place. we do have to take care of our own citizens. host: